Focus on Theodoros Angelopoulos

Eternity and a Day

2 hr. 10 min. | Drama | N/A

Alexander, an old writer, is ill and prepared to die. He says his goodbyes and recalls his life with his wife long ago. While driving his car he saves a street kid, an illegal immigrant from Albania, from being arrested. Later in the day, by chance, he sees the same boy being abducted, and follows in his car. Although he is preoccupied with his own regrets, he puts death on hold to find a way to help the boy.

Theodoros Angelopoulos

Theodoros Angelopoulos

Theodoros Angelopoulos was born in 1935, Athens. In his young days, cinema world had never crossed his mind. He entered the university to study law, but after serving the army, T. Angelopoulos gave up law studies and started studying literature. He is the author of 13 feature films and has received numerous awards for them, including “Palm d’Or” for “Eternity and a Day”. Theodoros Angelopoulos died in 2012 in a road accident. His last piece – The Other Sea (L’altro mare) – remained unfinished.
Languages
Greek
Subtitles
Lithuanian, English
Original title
Mia aioniotita kai mia mera
Produced
1998: Greece, France, Italy

Film information

Director
Theodoros Angelopoulos
Screenplay
Theodoros Angelopoulos, Tonino Guerra, Petros Markakis
Music
Eleni Karaindrou
Cinematography
Giorgos Arvanitis, Andreas Sinanos
Cast
Bruno Ganz, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Isabelle Renauld, Achilleas Skevis, Alexandra Ladikou, Eleni Gerasimidou
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